Cross Country

Sophia Stone Wins Don Scalf Award

Jun 07, 2013

(FAYETTEVILLE, NC) - Each year the USA South Athletic
Conference presents its most prestigious awards by honoring one
male and one female as the Student-Athletes of the Year. These
student-athletes are recognized as recipients of the Don Scalf
Award. The 2013 winners are Mary Baldwin College cross country
runnerSophia Stone and
Christopher Newport University golfer Brian
Jaeger.

To be eligible for the Don Scalf Award a student-athlete
must be either a junior or senior, have participated in a USA South
sport earning at least All-Conference recognition and have a
minimum 3.00 GPA. The athletic directors vote for the award winner
each spring at the conclusion of all Conference
schedules.

This award is named in honor of Don Scalf, whose
commitment to the student-athlete, guardianship of the value of
academic achievement and devotion to the principles of Division III
athletics set a standard that holds steadfast in the Conference
today. He taught for 36 years and coached for 18 at N.C. Wesleyan
College. He also served as Athletic Director at N.C. Wesleyan for
six years. During his coaching career his teams won Dixie
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference basketball and golf
championships. In addition, he was a founding father of the DIAC in
1963 and served as its Secretary-Treasurer for 25 years.

Sophia Stone - Mary Baldwin
College

Stone concluded her junior season this past fall when she
placed 19th at the NCAA Division III Cross Country National
Championships. With the finish, she earned All-American honors for
the second consecutive season. She is the two-time defending USA
South and NCAA South/Southeast Regional Champion. Stone has earned
USA South Runner of the Year honors twice, is a three-time member
of the All-Conference First Team and currently owns the Conference
Championship course record. In the classroom, Stone has compiled a
3.98 grade point average while majoring in Psychology and Biology.
She is a three-time member of the USA South All-Academic Team and a
two-time member of the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. Stone has been
awarded the Mary Jane Donnalley Scholar Athlete honor twice and
recently earned accolades in both the psychology and biology
departments on campus. Additionally, she is the president and
founder of the Mary Baldwin chapter of "Let's Erase the Stigma"
which is a nonprofit children’s charity dedicated to erasing
the stigma of mental illness. Finally, Stone is her team's
representative on Mary Baldwin's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
(SAAC).

Brian Jaeger - Christopher Newport
University

Jaeger's collegiate career came to a close this spring at the NCAA
Division III Men's Golf National Championship. He qualified as an
individual and placed tied for 12th which earned him PING First
Team All-American accolades, becoming the first Captain to earn the
honor since 1994. In 2013, Jaeger also collected First Team
All-Region, First Team All-Conference and USA South All-Tournament
Team accolades. Prior to this season, Jaeger was a three-time
All-Conference Honorable Mention selection. Off the course, he
compiled a 3.72 grade point average while majoring in Business
Marketing. Jaeger received his fourth consecutive USA South
All-Academic Team accolade this season and earned CoSIDA Third Team
Academic All-American honors. He was also named a First Team
Academic All-District selection and was one of the inaugural
inductees into the Virginia Theta chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, the
National College Athlete Honor Society. Finally, for the second
consecutive season, Jaeger was named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon
All-American Scholar Honor Team.